2008年的SAT作文题目谈论到了政府这个敏感的话题，目的是考察考生的思辨能力，个人对于社会，对于政府的行为的认知，这就要求考生在平时的日常生活中和备考中都要有意识的去关注社会新闻，国内国际大事件，这样才能在考试中言之有理，言之有物。
SAT作文题目类型：
Prompt 1
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
Many people believe that our government should do more to solve our problems. After all, how can one individual create more jobs or make roads safer or improve the schools or help to provide any of the other benefits that we have come to enjoy? And yet expecting that the government—rather than individuals—should always come up with the solutions to society's ills may have made us less self-reliant, undermining our independence and self-sufficiency.
Assignment:
Should people take more responsibility for solving problems that affect their communities or the nation in general? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.
题目难度类型分析：这类的题目有些难，需要考生有一定的辨别逻辑思维，，写作的时候应谨慎措辞，尤其是对政府的一些行为和法案，需要提出自己的独到见解，满意在哪里，不满意的政府行为又是哪些。
题目技巧分析：建议用一些历史上的政府行为阐述自己的观点，比如比较成功的政府典型林肯政府，。。